RENO Nev.
A plan to raise admission standards for Nevada’s two universities could hurt minority students and should be postponed, an official with the American Civil Liberties Union said.
“It will hurt minority enrollment at the two universities, and Nevada has no proven record for students moving from community colleges and transferring to the university,” said Richard Siegel, president of the ACLU of Nevada.
Regents will hear a report Thursday on the impact of raising the required grade point average for the University of Nevada, Reno and University of Las Vegas.
In fall 2006, the schools increased the required GPA from 2.5 to 2.75.
The standard is set to rise to 3.0 beginning in fall 2008.
Siegel said after the first increase, Hispanic student enrollment at UNR dropped 13 percent, but enrollment for black, Asian and American Indian students increased.
